Flood Risk Management Specialist

Minimum qualifications and experience required:

• Bachelors degree in disaster risk management, natural hazards preparedness or response, sociology or social sciences. Masters degree is preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant professional experience. - Minimum 8 years of experience in disaster risk management, preparedness, response to water-induced hazards at community level in India.
• Broad-based work experience recognized as an expert either in a broad area of specialization or in a limited specialized field relevant to the assignment.
• Wide experience of ADB, World bank and/or other MDB financed projects for the main rivers of India is preferred.

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Lead the guidance and monitoring of the implementation of all CbFRM activities and community O&M and supervise the performance of the implementing firms / NGOs in close collaboration with PMU/PIUs/SMOs.
• Support the information exchange among the agencies/department involved, advise on bottlenecks, and facilitate smooth coordination among the organizations.
• Coordinate and advise on integrating CbFRM and community O&M activities.
• Contribute to CbFRM and community O&M trainings and activities among the DMF related targets.
• Support the formulation of CbFRM and community O&M activities for the follow-on project.
• Guide the Community Organizer.
• Conduct capacity building trainings.
• Contribute to any reports as required by the Team Leader.